Which to use
“meurtres” is a noun and “meutre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,085
- “meurtres” frequency rank
- #48,664
- “meutre” frequency rank
- 55749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meurtres | meutre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de meurtre. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de meutern. |
Where the eye mixes meurtres and meutre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between meurtres and meutre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meurtres is \mœʁtʁ\ while meutre is \ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meurtres is recorded at frequency rank #7,085, classified as anoun, pronounced \mœʁtʁ\. meutre is at rank #48,664, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55749, this pair ranks #125,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meurtres vs meutre
Shared letters: emrtu. Private to "meurtres": s. Private to "meutre": -.
"meurtres" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC · "meutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meurtres" for "meutre" ever safe?
Which is more common, "meurtres" or "meutre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "meurtres" and "meutre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meutre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meurtres" and "meutre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meurtrie vs meutre". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #125,466 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.